II. lie in ambush, Str.15.1.42: metaph., Philostr.VA7.14; ὑποκαθήμενον ὁρᾶν to have an insidious look, Id.Im.2.18; but also ἡ -καθημένη ἀοριστία the fundamental indeterminacy, Carneisc.Herc.1027.14.
2. c. acc. pers., lie in wait for, “τὸν βάρβαρον” Hdt.8.40, cf. Philostr.VS2.2, Her.2.11: metaph., “φθόνος ὑ. τινά” Id.VS2.26.3: abs., lurk, Plu.2.556b: c. dat., “ὑποκαθημένης αὐτῷ τῆς ὀργῆς” Plb.4.29.7.
III. sit idle, D.H.11.37.